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Bezaleel

American  
[bih-zal-ee-uhl] / bɪˈzæl i əl /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the chief architect of the tabernacle.


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Then Bezaleel and Aholiab, and other wise-hearted men, worked diligently until the tabernacle and all things belonging to it were made exactly as God had instructed.

From Mother Stories from the Old Testament A Book of the Best Stories from the Old Testament that Mothers can tell their Children by Anonymous

No Bezaleel arises, to build new tabernacles, unless he has been taught by Daedalus.

From Val d'Arno by John Ruskin

He called Bezaleel and Aholiab to build the tabernacle.

From When the Holy Ghost is Come by Col. S. L. Brengle

It was the spirit of God, the Bible says, that filled Bezaleel and that other, I forget his name, with wisdom to work in gold and silver and fine linen.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various

John wished it would rain books, for he wished to be a preacher; Bezaleel, wool, to be a clothier like his father; Samuel, money, to be a merchant; and Edmund plums, to be a grocer.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli

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